Jamie Franklin
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[olof ekbergh] “These are exiting times”
And equally frustrating.
I can’t generate the power needed for high particle visual effects out of a quasi-custom imac/mini/laptop or kangaroo and I have no idea what my next move should be because everything is completely uncertain in hardware and cost. It’s easy for someone to say, switch to PC! When all my licenses are mac. Ok, I’ll just throw out another 30k for that…who needs a tower when we have thunder and lightning? Well, I do. And the ground isn’t moving with them at the moment.
Exciting for some
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I’m not sure why anyone would jump on you for having VERY valid concerns. Mac Pros are no longer on display at Apple Stores, and ZERO communication from Apple as to what it’s future is.
That isn’t just a rumor, that is exactly what Apple is doing. Some will incessantly argue for arguments sake that you can still buy one at their online store…that still doesn’t assuage the concern. And seems to placate to Apples egregious silence. Or, the argument is summarily dismiss that niche that relies on top tier hardware as a headache to Apple and they *should* treat that niche with contempt.
Apple, in the last year, is blowing away confidence. Not by rumors, by their actions. And any concern is validated by them and them alone. Not haters or internet bullies, but by the very market that helped define their pro divisions they were very keen on exploiting in years of branding.
I don’t think it’s a lot to ask, when faced with a 3500-6000 purchase your business may depend on, what the future is when their ACTIONS are determining a bleak one….
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meh
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[David Lawrence] “You mean the part called “editing”?”
That’s so 1999
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[Andy Neil] “You’re just being dismissive. And you’re ignoring my point. You see FCP as some completely open system that allows you to work however you want and FCPX as a completely closed system that forces you into a particular workflow.”
Am I? Your example is I can’t bring audio into a video track and that, in some X defenderese, is a logical defense or point…..? Which was completely dismissive of the examples I gave that FCX suffers from that I do not enjoy…do we honestly need to make Harry Carry out of it?
If I want to bring in a video clip or audio clip I have to make a relationship to other clips first. I almost want to pull my hair out having to explain this…all over again and again…this is not conducive >FOR ME< to be creative in a fluid, quick and enjoyable way. FCS doesn’t have flexibility issues, despite the “forcings” you are concocting or imagining throwing at it…which ironically, you were wrong on…
[Andy Neil] “I’m saying that BOTH programs force you to work within the rules they are designed around. You proved my point when you said,”
I didn’t prove your point, I gave you an example. I can mute the tracks, I can send them to STP, I can move them independently, I can slide them around while finding the right spot without annoyance. And I said, how I export is secondary to the control and flexibility to how I work…so who is being dismissive here?
[Andy Neil] “I get that you prefer to work in FCP7. Personally, I like FCP7 a lot. I always have. And it’s certainly true that FCPX has shortcomings. But it’s not a closed system. I don’t see how it can even be considered that since Apple is promising multicam editing next year. I just don’t agree with venerating FCP for the sake of tearing down FCPX.”
Again, now you are just inventing an argument I never made. Although having locked aspect ratios is exactly that. I never said it was “closed off” I said I do not like having to work in a timeline that is not flexible. And by that I have spelled out my reasons and don’t feel the need to defend this further especially when your arguments aren’t very well thought out nor account for 90% of what I have posted.
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Did you track position and rotation? Sorry to ask but I’ve forgotten sometimes to click rotation on a track.
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In other news, I saw a monarch butterfly today. Normally that wouldn’t be extraordinary, but it’s November…in Canada. Passion flowers and all 8 roses are still out…did the world flip upside down? Or as Bill would say, maybe we were never right side up…
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[David Lawrence] ” That and losing my Apple fanboy blinders. As painful as it’s been, I’m open to NLE platform possibilities I never considered before. Adaptation”
Same. I’ve traversed roads less traveled this year for sure. I didn’t just lose my blinders, I lost all confidence that I will continue to enjoy upgrading my macbook pro every 3 years, that shiny tower I was starting to eyeball is on shaky ground, my fav nle gone, I’m now on Nuke and AE…I feel like anything good can be taken away without warning, while that’s true about any product, I haven’t been tied to any other hardware like I am my i7…except maybe my wacom…but even inferior pen/tablets do the trick, everything is inferior to my macbook pro i7 😀
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[Chris Harlan] “Not quite true. It’s Black. And, frankly, the fact that I didn’t have to generate slug every time I wanted black was a godsend. It was always fun to watch someone coming from MC to FCP as they were just starting out, generating slug after slug to be used for black. I, personally, was thrilled to have a timeline smart enough to hold your place in time and auto-generate black.”
^ This
Not a moment goes by in X where I find things like this to truly appreciate in 7.
The irony is, I complained a bit too much with 7, and X really brought to light how well it brought home the bacon. And when I open her up now there is a whole new appreciation for her.
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[Andy Neil] “Every NLE has rules and functions that can’t be adjusted or worked around. You can’t put video tracks into the audio tracks area of Avid or FCP, nor audio in the video sections. Of course, you could counter with, “why would I WANT to?” but the point remains that those NLEs FORCE you into tracks, they force you into a particular way of compositing and editing.”
This seems to be arguing for arguments sake. FCS has a ton more flexibility and that is the only point that remains…”I can’t put an audio track in a video track”, I mean honestly…
[Andy Neil] “You talk about how you “have to create slugs and roles and compound clips if I even want to attempt to do ‘what I want’.” But if you want to export all the SFX stems for your project in FCP or Avid, you HAVE to organize them onto the same tracks. You can’t just tell your NLE to export only SFX regardless of where they are. It’s not extra steps in FCPX, it’s just a different workflow contingent upon the way the program is designed.”
How an NLE functions in it’s output is far outweighed on how I can create and the flexibility in my canvas. One of the functions I enjoy is duping a sequence spend the 5 seconds deleting unwanted tracks, binning the sequence with the appropriate tag. Everything is neat and tidy. And if desired I can choose to operate a different way…what you call “extra steps” isn’t locked into any particular way of doing things. Not so much with X. Which I don’t care for. That’s my personal preference, my thoughts are my own…